South Asia

Asia

Attack leaves Shia cleric injured, guard dead in Karachi

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KARACHI:- Allama Syed Baqir Zaidi, a prominent Shia leader survived a bid on his life as his bodyguard took most of the hits to...

Asia

PPP shying away from election campaign in Punjab: Qureshi

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MULTAN: Senior Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that top Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership appear to be hiding in bunkers...

India

Sarabjit Singh’s family gets visa to visit Pakistan: Singh’s lawyer

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LAHORE: Four family members of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian spy jailed in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat on espionage charges, have been issued visas by Pakistani...

Headlines

Next 24 hours crucial for Sarabjit Singh: doctors

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ISLAMABAD: The next 24 hours are crucial for Sarbajit Singh, an Indian jailed in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat on espionage charges, who was attacked by...

Asia

India claims arrest of Pakistani spy

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Delhi: Police in India say they have arrested an Indian national on charges of spying for Pakistan. The Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported. Police said...

Asia

220 die, over 1,000 injured in a building collapse near Dhaka

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DHAKA, Bangladesh: Search crews on Thursday clawed through the wreckage of a collapsed building that housed several factories making clothing for European and American...

Afghanistan

US-Afghan-Pakistan talks make progress, more work to do: Kerry

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BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to get Afghanistan and Pakistan on the same page Wednesday, ending their mistrust so they could...

Asia

ECP for May 11 as public holiday

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ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the government to announce the polling day of May 11 as a public holiday across the...

Asia

Wife-swapping charges: Naval officer’s wife moves HC

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Kochi, India: The estranged wife of a Naval officer, who had filed a police complaint levelling charges of wife-swapping by her husband and his...

Asia

Two new Army units for deployment near China border

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New Delhi: Against the backdrop of China strengthening its capability to airlift soldiers, India is planning to raise around 1,500 more airborne troops for...

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